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 Posted: Tue Feb 17th, 2009 03:37 pm
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The Stated goal of Christopher ward is to build "the cheapest most expensive watch in the world." A goal I believe he has done. I recently purchased the CW C8 pilot a couple of weeks ago, and the experience from first ordering the watch, to the communicatiion with the folks at CW, to finally receiving the watch was great. The first thing I noticed was the quality and presentation of the watch. It arrived in a leather bound wooden case, with a letter personally addressed to me and signed by Christopher Ward himself. The quality of the packaging exceeded my expectations for a watch at this price.


The watch itself is Designed in England by Christopher Ward, and hand made in Switzerland. All CW watches have a unique serial number, and each watch is built only after it is ordered. This watch exudes quality, and attention to detail.
 Some specs are:
Swiss ETA 2824-2 movement 28,800 bpm
Incabloc anti shock system
anti-magnetic inner case and dial
316L Stainless steel case
Super luminova on hands and 12 o clock marker
Anti reflective Saphire crystal
5 ATM water resistant
Calfskin band with butterfly deployment.
44mm diameter case.





One of the more interestion features is the case back on this watch... Being a British design, CW incorporated a homage to the WW2 Spitfire fighter.  




Also in keeping with the spitfire theme, on the second hand is the British wing insignia. (red inner circle, blue outer circle)



The watch is comfortable to wear and because of its height of only 9.7mm, it easily slips under your shirt sleeve despite its 44mm size. Its been running +4seconds a day, and I expect it will settle in a bit as it "breaks in".

Overall, my expectations have been exceeded, and I now question the value of some of my more expensive purchases, as they are not as exclusive, (at least for now), and don't exceed the quality of the CW watch. There will definately be other Christopher ward watches in my future......
Oh, and the price? $320.00 US delivered to my door..... It is certainly the "cheapest most expensive watch I own...

One other thing that should be mentioned, Christopher Ward has a 60 day no hassle return policy, change of heart? send it back for a full refund, and each watch comes with a 60 month warranty.... This is truly a no- worries timepiece.

Steve



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Nice review and pix.Thumbsup3.gif Looks to be a great watch and the use of color on the seconds hand is sheer genius. Very subtle but makes perfect sense given the watch's backstory. The dial work looks great. How is the lume on these typically?

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Indeed nice review on a nice looking watch. Like that second hand myself and that peep hole caseback is cool. ;)

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Very nice!! Love the white dial..I need could use a nice white dial watch.

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nice watch and review hand6.gif...but unfortunately the watch in these pics does not have a eta with incabloc  shock system from what I can see :?

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oagaspar wrote: nice watch and review hand6.gif...but unfortunately the watch in these pics does not have a eta with incabloc  shock system from what I can see :?

Gumba I believe it does, I know the picture is not clear but look at the outer edge circle two cut outs.

refer to these picture:)

http://www.timetechtalk.com/view_topic.php?id=15064&forum_id=1

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I stand corrected but after enlarging the shot of the caseback it looked more like a clover and the noviadoc shock system?

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I took as close up a pic as I could with my"crappy" camera........


This looks like incabloc to me.



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TY Skate!...my bad....absolutely a incabloc and a great buy imho ...it was just added to my short list! hand6.gifhand6.gif

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Flyskate, you have a great looking pilot watch and the Spitfire tribute is superb.  hand6.gif  The Christopher Ward watch package is also a touch of class.  Thanks for posting your watch and showing me another excellent option for when I purchase my own pilot watch.  ThumbsUp02.gif

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Great watch. Thanks for the details on the Spitfire homage, I would never have noticed those. CW really does make some nice watches, and the Kingfisher is quite a unique diver.

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I think that's a very, very elegant pilot watch. The dial's exact color is what I like most about it. Caseback is unique and a peephole is a pleasure to look through every time. hand6.gif The screws on the caseback are also screwed so close to the edges. I've never seen that before. Great buy, for sure. Kudos!

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